you murdered, or did you die naturally?' "Young man," he replied, "nobody murdered me. I drank too much and died of a fever.' So, in these few words, I had learnt one of the secrets of history! I turned to the President. "And now, may we see Julius Caesar and Brutus? The two Romans took Alexander's place. Brutus, of course, had killed Julius Caesar in Rome on 15th March, 44BC one of the most famous murders in history. It is terrible to die by the hand of a friend. Great Caesar," I said, "how do you feel about your murderer, Brutus? "Do not call him that,' replied Caesar. "He is a brave, good man, the best in Rome, and he did the right thing for Rome by killing me. In death, as in life, he has always been my friend I cannot remember how many more ghosts I called to appear. I was very interested in their answers to my questions, which often seemed to offer a different view of history from the one I had been taught at school However, it was soon time to leave Glubbdubdrib, and sail to Luggnagg, a much larger island to the south-east of Japan. The Luggnuggians are polite and generous people, and I stayed here for three months. I made many friends among them One day, one of them asked me, 'Have you ever seen any of our of our struldbrugs.